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Ground floor of the barn

Our "as is" purchase of the barn came with an interesting collection of junk, inside as well as outside.
This picture was taken looking north just inside the large barn door. To the left is a concrete-floored stall (I name it the west bay). Straight ahead is another concrete-floored stall (I name it the north bay). Above the north bay is a sort of mezzanine; The original stairs (since removed) lead up to the mezzanine and from there up to the hay loft above. To the right is a shop area. North of the shop area is another small room that I thought was designed to be a tack room. Little did I know! The former owners used it as a dog house. The north bay had been used as a sheep pen. The concrete floor was covered with a 2" cake of hardened sheep manure. So, in addition to everything else, we bought an interesting aroma throughout. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.
Step 1: remove the most of the junk, chip out the sheep manure. Notice that the interior walls are rough-sawn 1x12 cedar. The exterior walls are 2x6 framing. Still to be removed: two metal office desks, each weighing just shy of a ton (if you ask me) and an old bathtub. The washer/dryer came in the first load of "stuff" that we moved north. A little cleaner.

The metal roof of had been minimally insulated, with the insulation covered with plastic sheeting to hold it up. However, birds and chipmunks had used it for nesting for several years. This is a shot of the west bay ceiling, showing the old insulation. The hay loft ceiling looked very similar, complete with swallow's nests on the ridge beam and the appropriate amount of bird droppings on the floor beneath. West bay ceiling.

A major change to the barn occurred when the carpenters removed the original stairs. They then framed in a stairway along the east side of the north bay. This allowed us to use the mud room as our entry, completely sealing off the living spaces above from the storage area below. In this picture you can see where the stairs have been framed into the end of the north bay. The boys and I tacked scrap OSB over the insulated walls of the stairway to protect and secure the new insulation. Stairwell.

An early organization task was to find a place to store tools in the shop. The shop.

Every time we travelled north, we dragged a trailer filled with an odd selection of "stuff". Left over furniture from Bo's college days, tools that were needed more in the north than the south. Later as we prepared the Los Osos house for "show", we brought rare treasures that we had removed from our house, valuable to us but only clutter to an otherwise interested home buyer. Stuff.

We stored our miscellaneous "stuff" in the west bay, covered with tarps. The roof kept rain out, but the chipmunks still made their homes in the insulation. More stuff.

Just before the first trip north with a 24 foot rental truck loaded to the gills, John and I removed the tattered ceiling insulation in the west bay. We sealed up all of the little cracks that the chipmunks and birds used as doors. West Bay.

While we were gone, we had others nail the barn doors shut, frame in the openings and insulate the exterior walls of the ground floor, covering the insulation with plastic to hold it in place. This is what it looked like just before the insulation was installed. West bay
North bay

Looking out what is now a roll-up garage door, on the wall to the right you can see the plastic-covered wall insulation, as well as the "next step" in the moving process as it is occurring. Moving, Fall 2003

Both the north and west bays are now full to overflowing. Naturally, as Gary Wescom commented, what we need is always at the bottom and the back of the pile. North bay

Our "as is" purchase of the barn came with an interesting collection of junk, inside as well as outside. This picture was taken looking north just inside the large barn door. To the left is a concrete-floored stall (I name it the west bay). Straight ahead is another concrete-floored stall (I name it the north bay). Above the north bay is a sort of mezzanine; The original stairs (since removed) lead up to the mezzanine and from there up to the hay loft above. To the right is a shop area. North of the shop area is another small room that I thought was designed to be a tack room. Little did I know! The former owners used it as a dog house. The north bay had been used as a sheep pen. The concrete floor was covered with a 2" cake of hardened sheep manure. So, in addition to everything else, we bought an interesting aroma throughout. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.
Step 1: remove the most of the junk, chip out the sheep manure. Notice that the interior walls are rough-sawn 1x12 cedar. The exterior walls are 2x6 framing. Still to be removed: two metal office desks, each weighing just shy of a ton (if you ask me) and an old bathtub. The washer/dryer came in the first load of "stuff" that we moved north.	A little cleaner.
The metal roof of had been minimally insulated, with the insulation covered with plastic sheeting to hold it up. However, birds and chipmunks had used it for nesting for several years. This is a shot of the west bay ceiling, showing the old insulation. The hay loft ceiling looked very similar, complete with swallow's nests on the ridge beam and the appropriate amount of bird droppings on the floor beneath.	West bay ceiling.
A major change to the barn occurred when the carpenters removed the original stairs. They then framed in a stairway along the east side of the north bay. This allowed us to use the mud room as our entry, completely sealing off the living spaces above from the storage area below. In this picture you can see where the stairs have been framed into the end of the north bay. The boys and I tacked scrap OSB over the insulated walls of the stairway to protect and secure the new insulation.	Stairwell.
An early organization task was to find a place to store tools in the shop.	The shop.
Every time we travelled north, we dragged a trailer filled with an odd selection of "stuff". Left over furniture from Bo's college days, tools that were needed more in the north than the south. Later as we prepared the Los Osos house for "show", we brought rare treasures that we had removed from our house, valuable to us but only clutter to an otherwise interested home buyer.	Stuff.
We stored our miscellaneous "stuff" in the west bay, covered with tarps. The roof kept rain out, but the chipmunks still made their homes in the insulation.	More stuff.
Just before the first trip north with a 24 foot rental truck loaded to the gills, John and I removed the tattered ceiling insulation in the west bay. We sealed up all of the little cracks that the chipmunks and birds used as doors.	West Bay.
While we were gone, we had others nail the barn doors shut, frame in the openings and insulate the exterior walls of the ground floor, covering the insulation with plastic to hold it in place. This is what it looked like just before the insulation was installed.	West bay North bay
Looking out what is now a roll-up garage door, on the wall to the right you can see the plastic-covered wall insulation, as well as the "next step" in the moving process as it is occurring.	Moving, Fall 2003
Both the north and west bays are now full to overflowing. Naturally, as Gary Wescom commented, what we need is always at the bottom and the back of the pile.	North bay